English Tiddlywinks Association
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The English Tiddlywinks Association (ETwA) was founded at a meeting at Christ's College
, University of Cambridge
on 12 June 1958. Its objectives are to promote the game of tiddlywinks
and coordinate winking activities in the United Kingdom
.
ETwA concerns itself with the maintenance of the official rules of tiddlywinks,
arranging of tiddlywinks tournaments, and publishing of the journal Winking World which has been published roughly twice a year since 1961. An editor of Winking World was interviewed by Chris Evans on his BBC Radio Two show on the 5th August 2008.
Under the auspices of the English Tiddlywinks Association several tournaments are held throughout the year including The National Singles, The National Pairs - the winners of which can enter the International Federation of Tiddlywinks Associations' World Pairs title - The ETwA National Teams of Four, The ETwA National Handicapped Individual Pairs, The Cambridge Open and The London Open. International players can participate in the ETwA tournaments. No ETwA tournament has a financial prize, although there are trophies. Results in all of these tournaments contribute to a player's World Rating.
The current ETwA team sponsor is Rapanui Clothing, who designed the new logo and supplied the official kit for the 2010 world championships in Washington DC.
Christ's College, Cambridge
Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.With a reputation for high academic standards, Christ's College averaged top place in the Tompkins Table from 1980-2000 . In 2011, Christ's was placed sixth.-College history:...
, University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
on 12 June 1958. Its objectives are to promote the game of tiddlywinks
Tiddlywinks
Tiddlywinks is an indoor game played on a flat mat with sets of small discs called "winks", a pot and a collection of squidgers. Players use a "squidger", a disk usually made from plastic to move a wink into flight by pressing down on one side of the wink...
and coordinate winking activities in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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ETwA concerns itself with the maintenance of the official rules of tiddlywinks,
arranging of tiddlywinks tournaments, and publishing of the journal Winking World which has been published roughly twice a year since 1961. An editor of Winking World was interviewed by Chris Evans on his BBC Radio Two show on the 5th August 2008.
Under the auspices of the English Tiddlywinks Association several tournaments are held throughout the year including The National Singles, The National Pairs - the winners of which can enter the International Federation of Tiddlywinks Associations' World Pairs title - The ETwA National Teams of Four, The ETwA National Handicapped Individual Pairs, The Cambridge Open and The London Open. International players can participate in the ETwA tournaments. No ETwA tournament has a financial prize, although there are trophies. Results in all of these tournaments contribute to a player's World Rating.
The current ETwA team sponsor is Rapanui Clothing, who designed the new logo and supplied the official kit for the 2010 world championships in Washington DC.